Fallout: New Vegas
75 Achievements
1655 XP
60-80h
Safety Deposit Box
Trap Father Elijah in the Sierra Madre's Vault.
40 XP
1.0%
How to unlock the Safety Deposit Box achievement in Fallout: New Vegas - Definitive Guide
You need to open the vault door and go left up the small steps to ths area you came in through, you can wait if you want to see Elijah turn off the force field and then come through the doors into the area infront of the vault, but you dont have to.. Now just run back through the areas with the hologram security bots, Dont worry about them seeing you, just keep running through the maintenance shaft until you come back to the lift,
As in the video, just jump down from the level near the alarm terminal to save time..
The achievement should pop before you get to the lift.
If the Youtube video doesn't work, I also uploaded the video here:
http://game-play.tv/video/Y9KURD246DDY/Fallout-New-Vegas-Dea...
Once he comes down, go into crouch mode (if you aren't already) and wait for him to reach the area where the computer and vault door are. Once he reaches that area, start moving (still crouching) and remain undetected until you reach the area that he entered through. If you are having problems staying undetected, there is a gun case in the same room as the terminal that has a chance of having up to six stealth boys in it. Other then that, you can read any La Fantomas that you have, make sure to keep the light on your pip-boy off, or try wearing the assassin's suit, which is located in the Medical district of the Villa.
Once you are in the room he came from, you are home free. He will activate the blue holo-doors and activate your collar, and you will have about 30 - 40 seconds to leave through the elevator before you explode, which isn't a problem. Once you leave, not only do you get an achievement, you get a challenge with the same name that gives you extra xp. If you have any problems with this guide, feel free to comment before you give a negative vote.
Save your game immediately after talking to Father Elijah (through a video screen) in the Vault. I suggest saving here because you can easily screw this up and you will want to reload your save and not have to sit through dialogue again!
To get this achievement you have to escape the vault undetected.. this means Father Elijah has to come down the elevator to the vault, open the barriers, and start walking toward the main doorway to the vault. To sneak past him, you will want a high sneak skill or a stealth boy. I found one stealth boy while searching around outside the Sierra Madre (I do not remember the exact location, but I do know that it was on the second floor of an area and inside the room were like five desks filled with sierra madre chips and one stealth boy).
It is very easy to get caught by Father Elijah, even if you have a stealth boy. So this is what I did to lock him in: I waited inside of the vault with the door closed for about a minute, then I took my stealth boy, opened up the vault and closed the door behind me and waited (while sneaking) along the right side of the dome surrounding the entrance to the vault. Father Elijah, if he does not detect you, will open the barriers guarding the exit, and leave them open while he walks toward the vault. If he detects you, the turrets will come alive and he will close the barriers and yell, "did you think you can really steal from me?" (if he does this, load your save and try again!) If you are undetected, sneak through the now open walkways toward the elevator and your achievement should pop, because Father Elijah will trap himself down in the vault after reading the safeguarded file on the terminal.
Good Luck! If you would like to downvote, please let me know so that I may improve this solution. Please leave any additional comments and I'd be happy to add it to the solution to help others =)
Vid below for ya!
Good luck hunters
Credits to Jhaller2 for the video
Solution,
-Convince Elijah to come down to meet you face to face, this requires a repair, science or explosives of 75.
[GOOD SAVE point if you want multiple ending achievements]
-Once he is on his way leave the vault into the middle of three rooms, (to your left is the way to run out and to the right is the room elijah comes from.
[GOOD SAVE POINT]
-Enter the right hand side of this middle room and follow it as far away from the vault door as you can.
-Take your time here if you've done the rest quickly you now have plenty of time for Elijah to reach the door and realise you're not there.
-Slowly follow thsi walkway round (sneaking).
-As soon as you're through the doorway you've made it.
-A short conversation with Elijah follows and entrances back to the vault from where you are close.
-After this there is one door left you can use follow this corridor take the lift and enjoy the G.
(mine popped during loadscreen after lift)
First guide so more than open to suggestion and imrpovement, good luck.
After you get out if you have a home in the Novac apartments to store your gold bars. Closest place I found to store the very heavy gold bars and not have to walk too far while over-encumbered.
The perk long haul allows you to fast travel while over-encumbered.
requirements for long haul perk:
Level 12
Endurance 6
Barter 70
First save your game before you enter the vault!
Once inside the vault the door will seal shut. Dont worry, just use the terminal at the far end of the room. (note: the 2 at either side of the door disable security systems and whatnot...not important)
Select the Vera file. (Vera Keyes does nothing that I know of)
After reading it back out. DO NOT select the new file that appears. Once you back out Elijah appears on the monitor. You need to convince him to come down to the vault. This requires a Lev. 75 barter, repair, or science. Once you convince him to come down this is where you decide which achievement you want.
For Cash Out, wait just inside the vault door gun cocked, dont open the door until Elijah is in the area just outside the vault. (This may take a few tries to judge where he is on your compass) Once he's there open the door and kill him. Achievement popped after he died for me but I've heard rumors of it popping once the fight begins or when he enters the area.
Once he's dead escape, enjoy the ending, and reload your game when your ready.
For Safety Deposit Box, as soon as Elijah says he's on his way down and you can move, run out of the vault, go straight ahead up the stairs, and in the door on your left to the place where you entered this area. Run back the way you came through the maintenance tunnel and when you near the exit maintenance door Elijah will begin speaking. Wait a few seconds and the door will open. Run to the elevator and the achievement should pop once you get on.
MISSABLE
Just reload the save you made before you did the Cash Out trophy and we're in business. To trap Father Elijah in the Sierra Madre's Vault, you must have at least one of the following skills at 75: Speech, Explosives, Science, Repair, Lockpick or Sneak. If necessary, use a magazine before accessing the Vault's Control Terminal. Here's another reason you should be a high level before doing this DLC. After activating the Vault Control Terminal, Father Elijah will contact you on the green screen behind the terminal. Select any of the following dialog options when they are available:
"Now that I'm here, are you coming down?" Followed by: "Unless you come down here, I'll destroy the vault, everything in it." And pass an Explosives, Science or Repair skill check.
"Then I'll find a way to unlock the secrets of this vault, take them for myself." And pass a Lockpick or Sneak skill check.
You can also make a 75 speech skill check by selecting the option "I don't care about the vault I just want to leave."
After a successful skill check, Father Elijah will tell you he's coming down. Two new objectives will appear on your Pip-Boy:
a) Defeat Elijah.
b) (Optional) Sneak out of the Vault's chamber area undetected, trapping Elijah when he opens the vault.
If objective (b) does not appear, reload and try again, otherwise, the blue barriers will prevent you from sneaking out. Immediately leave the Vault Terminal room and exit the turret room from your left. (Opposite to where Father Elijah enters). Backtrack all the way to the elevator that you arrived in, around the time you get close to the elevator, Elijah will realize that he's been tricked and set off the alarm. Take the elevator and you will arrive back at the Villa. Your trophy will pop up during the loading screen.
Here's a video to help the visual style people around here. Thanks to jhaller2 for the video:
Instead of waiting in the vault, head out to the left and then retrace your step through the vault. At this stage, you should be pretty much half way through stage one of the previous guide before he starts throwing a hissy fit. When you get to the overlook of the vault, turn left and the entrance we entered the level from is there, once outside of the vault, the trophy unlocks , leaving Elijah to his fate. Make you way back to the fountain.
At this stage we can leave the DLC, but you cannot return to the vault after completing it. When we exit, we'll get all of our stuff back from before the DLC. If over encumbered. At the top of the stairs, next to the ladder out is a box, deposite the heaviest items in here. Go to Gun Runners (or Gibson's scrap yard, she always seems to habe 29k caps on her every three days on my game) and sell the gold returning to the Abandoned BoS bunker to get your stuff back.
Reload the save from Cash Out, but this time exit the vault bunker and run to the left. You must make it through the entirety of the vault area without him noticing that you're gone. (There have been some reports that alerting the holograms alerts him, failing the achievement). Once you make it back to the elevator area, Elijah should scream "No, I'm trapped!". This is your cue that the door is unlocked. Simply use the elevator and the achievement should pop For a full, detailed walkthrough, check here.